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Friday, December 11, 2009

Upcoming Road Games Will Test Cleveland’s Mettle

The Cleveland Cavaliers have lost two straight games after winning four games in a row and seven of their previous eight. This is understandably disconcerting to Cleveland faithful who are worried not only about the team's prospects this season but also about how the season's outcome might affect LeBron James' decision about whether to re-sign with the Cavs next summer. However, my newest CavsNews article points out that it is a fact of NBA life that even the best teams have some clunker losses in the course of an 82 game season and that championship success does not hinge on the outcome of one or two regular season games but rather on a team's overall trend and on whether that team is properly constructed to make a serious title run:

Since the end of last season I have been posting much less original content in general, not just regarding the Lakers. I have been posting some of my older articles from various publications so that I can archive those articles on the right hand side of the front page.

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